Akshay Kumar: Sports not money making field for me

Akshay Kumar: Sports not
money-making field for me
IANS | 20-Jan 11:40 AM
Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar is
a martial arts expert and
believes that sports is beyond
money for him.
Present at the Golf Premier
League press meet here Friday,
he said: "I am a sportsman first
and then an actor. Everyone
owns one team (in a sport), but
I want to own all the sports. My
father was a wrestler, not
everyone knows that. For me
sports is not a place where you
make money."
"I am here because the Pearls
Group is going to enter many
sports like kabaddi, cricket or
hockey and wrestling. Don't put
that tag on me that I am here
for money," added the 44-year-
old, who organises a karate
championship annually.
Akshay further stated that it
was his skill in martial arts that
helped him get a break in films.
"I have been into sports since
my childhood. My identity is
because of that. I came to films
because of martial arts. If
someone gave my first film, it
was not because of my acting
talent, it was because my kick
was good," Akshay said.
"You won't believe when I first
came here (to Mumbai), I had
not seen a camera. I kept on
bringing sports again and
again. Now I want to promote
parkour and I do it in my ads,"
he added.
Akshay's initial films 'Mr. Bond',
'Khiladi' , 'Deedar', 'Waqt
Hamara Hai' and many more
were action flicks.
He turned towards comedy with
'Hera Pheri' and he again made
a comeback to action with
'Rowdy Rathore' in 2012.

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True..hes the main action hero and is good in that like in RR

It's so true when they say you always learn something new everyday. And that fact is that I never knew Akki's dad was a wrestler. Amazing.

Awww Akki,u're too honest as alawys

^Yay you've turned Gold 😃

Originally posted by: ruky786

^Yay you've turned Gold 😃